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Amandine and Drac will meet young comic readers at Charlemagne Toulon on 5 September. AI illustration
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In Toulon, back-to-school season comes with comic-book bubbles too

Amandine and Drac will sign books at Charlemagne on 5 September, bringing together Mistinguette, Les Filles au chocolat and La Brigade des cauchemars.

Back-to-school season does not have to be limited to new schoolbags and stationery lists. On Saturday 5 September, Charlemagne Toulon will welcome illustrators Amandine and Drac for an afternoon devoted to children’s comics. Behind the colourful covers of Mistinguette, Les Filles au chocolat and La Brigade des cauchemars lie three very different worlds — and a useful reminder that a love of reading can sometimes begin with a few well-chosen comic panels.

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Jean-Claude Silbermann, François Carrassan and Bernard Plossu will meet readers in Hyères around L’Entretien de Port-Cros.
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On Port-Cros, Jean-Claude Silbermann’s Surrealism becomes a book

François Carrassan and Bernard Plossu have devoted a new volume to the painter and poet who has lived on the island for decades. All three will meet readers in Hyères on 5 September.

An interview recorded on Port-Cros, photographs taken on the same day and one of the surviving historical figures of French Surrealism come together in L’Entretien de Port-Cros, newly published by Les Cahiers de l’Égaré. François Carrassan and Bernard Plossu visit Jean-Claude Silbermann on the island he made his home. On 5 September, all three will meet again for a signing at Charlemagne in Hyères.

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Bibliothèque Effet Mer brings books and public reading directly to Les Sablettes beach in La Seyne-sur-Mer. AI illustration
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At Les Sablettes, the library moves to the water’s edge

Until 28 August, Bibliothèque Effet Mer is bringing books, newspapers and comics out of the library and closer to summer readers.

In La Seyne-sur-Mer, reading has moved to the beach for the summer. Open until 28 August, Bibliothèque Effet Mer offers books, newspapers and comics at Les Sablettes, in a setting more usually associated with parasols and beach towels. Behind the seasonal atmosphere lies a straightforward idea: if libraries want to meet readers, they can sometimes leave their walls behind.

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